/**
 * Copyright 2011-2011 - Members of the Chaupal Community
 *
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package net.chaupal.Impl.BoostedObject;

/**
 * Defines some essential functionalities often missing for the delivered
 * {@link java.lang.Object}.
 */
public interface Boosted {

    /**
     * Provides an instance id unique to this object instance. This ID can be
     * created with the help of an {@link AtomicLong}.
     *
     * @return
     */
    long getInstanceID();

    /**
     * Provides the name for this object.
     *
     * @return the name for this object
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Sets a name to this object.
     *
     * @param name a name for this object
     */
    void setName(String name);
    
}